Michlaude Discipleship Project

By Michael W Winslow ·

The Bible Family Tree

the bible tree

THE BIBLE TREE

A Guided Walk

Draft v3, stops 0 to 9. October 26, 2026. Michlaude Discipleship Project. Read alongside the picture, “The Bible Tree.”

Scripture quotations are taken from the NET Bible® Second Edition (New English Translation), © 1996–2019 Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. All rights reserved. Permission to quote granted by David Austin, Permission Director, Biblical Studies Press, July 1, 2026. NET Bible text reproduced by permission. No derivative works permitted.

12 sections · about 4,900 words

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Contents

  1. Stop 0. Two Bibles, one verse · 180 words
  2. Stop 1. The roots: copies all the way down · 282 words
  3. Stop 2. The ground breaks open: the Dead Sea Scrolls · 283 words
  4. Stop 3. The trunk: one list of New Testament books · 192 words
  5. Stop 4. The four branches · 311 words
  6. Stop 5. The twigs and leaves: where your Bible sits · 340 words
  7. Stop 6. Three verses where Bibles differ · 373 words
  8. The tracer: one variant at a time · 62 words
  9. Stop 7. Four Bibles on one shelf · 986 words
  10. Stop 8. Where the NET sits · 418 words
  11. Stop 9. Back to the measure · 304 words
  12. Scholarly apparatus: sources and flags · 1,204 words